Arden
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Freelance · Remote

Software Developer

Freelance

Design and develop custom digital products for clients across travel, hospitality, financial services, e-commerce, and business software, translating operational requirements into practical applications, integrated workflows, and scalable software solutions.

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos Nairobi, Kenya5 projects

Freelance

Freelance · Remote

From

Apr 2025

To

Present

Nairobi, Kenya

Duration

1 yr 7 mos

5 projects

Where this sits in my career

Freelance
202420252026

The story

My freelance software development work has involved designing and building digital products for businesses with different operational requirements, from travel booking and restaurant management to retail discovery, financial services, and content management.

Rather than focusing on a single product category, I work across the software development lifecycle, translating business requirements into application architecture, functional workflows, user interfaces, and backend services.

In travel technology, my work on Flygasal centers on flight-booking functionality within a platform intended to evolve into a broader travel experience. In hospitality, Tapla brings together point-of-sale operations, table management, kitchen ticket tracking, waiter workflows, and guest ordering. For SeaBar, I developed an interactive store locator that connects retail discovery with the brand’s environmental mission.

My work with Elikia Fund extends into digital financial services, supporting a product concept designed around cash-flow management, savings, group contributions, and financial identity for informal entrepreneurs. I have also built my own website and content management system to centralize my portfolio, professional experience, and technical writing.

Across these projects, I adapt my technical approach to the product’s specific needs, balancing functional requirements, maintainability, user experience, and future extensibility. This experience has strengthened my ability to move between different business domains, understand unfamiliar requirements, and build software that addresses practical problems.

Freelancing has also developed my ability to work directly with clients, clarify expectations, make technical decisions, and take ownership of implementation and delivery within each project's agreed scope.

Impact

  1. 01

    Delivered custom software solutions addressing business needs across travel, hospitality, financial services, retail discovery, and digital content management.

  2. 02

    Developed travel-booking functionality for Flygasal, establishing a foundation for a broader travel platform designed to expand beyond flight reservations.

  3. 03

    Built restaurant-management workflows for Tapla, connecting point-of-sale operations, table management, kitchen ticket tracking, waiter workflows, and guest ordering.

  4. 04

    Created an interactive store-locator experience for SeaBar, combining retail partner discovery with the visualization of ocean-cleanup locations.

  5. 05

    Contributed to digital financial-service product development through Elikia Fund, a platform designed to help informal entrepreneurs manage cash flow, save money, participate in group savings, and build a financial profile.

  6. 06

    Developed a personal website and content management system to showcase professional experience, projects, and technical writing through a centralized digital presence.

  7. 07

    Applied reusable engineering practices across projects, adapting application architecture and workflows to different business domains and product requirements.

What I did

  • Gather client requirements and translate business needs into technical specifications, application workflows, and implementation plans.
  • Design and develop custom web applications and backend services tailored to individual client products.
  • Build REST APIs and integrate frontend applications with backend services, databases, and external platforms where required.
  • Develop booking, ordering, point-of-sale, inventory, and operational management workflows for business applications.
  • Implement interactive interfaces and data-visualization features, including map-based location discovery and other user-facing tools.
  • Structure application data models and database relationships to support business rules, reliable data handling, and future product evolution.
  • Develop administrative dashboards and content management tools that enable clients to manage their products and business operations.
  • Adapt technical architecture and implementation choices to each project's functional requirements, constraints, and intended growth.
  • Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to refine requirements, implement features, resolve technical issues, and iterate on product functionality.
  • Support application testing, debugging, deployment, and maintenance according to each project's scope and delivery requirements.

Built during this role

Projects I designed, built or contributed to here, in order.

05
  1. 01

    Seabar Store Locator - Interactive Map Integration

    Developed a custom Store Locator for SeaBar, a sustainable haircare brand, to map and visualize retail partner locations alongside ocean trash cleanup sites, enhancing product discoverability while reinforcing the brand’s environmental mission through an interactive mapping experience.

    JavascriptGoogle Maps APIShopifyTailwindCSS
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  2. 02

    Tapla • Restaurant Management & Point-of-Sale Platform

    Tapla is a restaurant management platform that connects point-of-sale operations, table management, kitchen order tracking, and waiter workflows with a digital guest ordering experience. It brings essential restaurant operations into a unified system, helping coordinate orders from placement to preparation and service.

    Connecting Every Step of the Restaurant Order LifecycleReactLaravelTypeScriptRedisDocker
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  3. 03

    Fly Gasal • Discover Your Next Adventure

    Fly Gasal is an evolving travel booking platform designed as the first foundational layer of a broader tour and adventure ecosystem. While the current implementation focuses on flight booking, the long-term vision is to expand into a complete travel experience platform, including tours, activities, and end-to-end trip planning. The system is built with a scalable architecture, robust API integrations, and a clean user experience to support future expansion beyond flights.

    Laravel APIReact.jsPKFare APIAmadeus APITravelport API
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  4. 04

    Elikia Fund • Digital Financial Services for Informal Entrepreneurs

    Elikia Fund is a digital financial services platform built for informal-sector entrepreneurs in Congo-Brazzaville. It combines cash-flow tracking, protected savings, group savings (tontines), and a financial profile based on users’ recorded activity, supported by web, mobile, backend, and administrative systems.

    Turning Everyday Business Activity into a Financial IdentityLaravelReactReact NativeMySQLCPanel
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  5. 05

    Personal Website & Content Management System

    A personal website and custom CMS built to showcase my professional experience, projects, and technical writing. Includes a dedicated admin dashboard, blog management tools, and a file manager for managing website content and media.

    One platform to manage my professional identity and digital presence.TypeScriptNext.jsReactPrisma
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